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Research Summary

Mastering Strategy Execution

Professor Robert Simons’ research encompasses three areas of management accountability that are the foundation for successful strategy execution: organization design, performance measurement and control, and risk management. In addition, Simons is interested in the... View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

The Path to Economic Revival

industrial commons, which represents the collective capability to sustain innovation. Pisano: Is there a future? Yes. It’s not too late. There’s still a manufacturing base in the United States, and it’s quite large even though it’s a... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

06 Nov 2000
What Do You Think?

Succession at GE: What’s Next?

important qualities and capabilities to be sought in a successor to Welch is moot. But as in any good Harvard Business School case discussion, hindsight provides neither a guide to the future nor necessarily the best response. With that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Jan 2001
What Do You Think?

Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?

standards of the Internet and willing to transfer databases to a "rival supplier" in the event of an unsatisfactory relationship (Joshua Doherty), and those maintaining a highly focused in-house R&D capability while... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Mar 2017
News

Safe, Secure, and Prosperous

Maria Fernandez (AMP 187, 2014) is the deputy secretary of the Intelligence and Capability Group for the Australia Department of Immigration and Border Protection. In this interview, she describes how her department’s intelligence... View Details

25 Apr 2005
Research & Ideas

New Learning at American Home Products

drug business. They relied, however, on licensing rather than building their own in-house capabilities for drug discovery and commercialization. In the low-tech OTC [over-the-counter] sector, they consistently maintained a strong profit... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Chemical; Health; Manufacturing; Pharmaceutical

19 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

measure how organizational capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that capabilities influence strategy dates back to the work of Andrews (1971, The Concept of Corporate Strategy, Irwin:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Best Practices of Global Innovators

equivalents of lower cost. But they fail to consider how collaboration can be used to support their broader business goals. Collaboration can lower costs; but it can also be used to increase the distinctiveness of a firm's products—for example, by tapping into the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Innovating at Scale - Course Catalog

innovative ideas. Educational Objectives: This course has three overarching learning objectives. Students will learn: When to be a first mover and innovate and when to strategically imitate and follow others in the market How to build View Details

02 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?

incompetent entrepreneur that wants to steal from the better firm and distort the market is accountable only to his bank account and ethics. So we need someone capable enough to make sure markets remain free and fair an AI czar would work... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

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Digital Transformation Leadership Donors - Alumni

Giving Digital Transformation Leadership Donors Giving Digital Transformation Leadership Donors Digital Transformation Leadership Donors HBS is in the process of dramatically expanding its digital capabilities in ways that will transform... View Details

Jerry Yang

money in 1995, Yang and Filo launched the search engine, Yahoo! By including advertising on their site (one of the first to do so) and by structuring deals with Netscape Navigator and others, Yahoo has been able to profitably grow throughout the nineties and into the... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

09 Feb 2016
News

Applying Business Principles to Military Problems

the other special operations forces and, believe it or not, these forces have a five-year business plan where they have to organize, train, and equip our folks and allocate resources. Given the fiscal environment, it’s [about] making tradeoffs. So [that’s] the ability... View Details

Charles G. Mortimer

Mortimer presided over an intensive period of growth and investment at General Foods. He dramatically expanded the company’s production capabilities and pursued acquisitions to balance the company’s product offerings. During his tenure,... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

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Navigating Your Worth: AI, Negotiations, and the Nature of Expertise - Course Catalog

value is created and captured in the economy One critical change: You have your direct labor, and also your indirect labor through the data generated by your work. The value of labor shifts from renting embodied expertise to selling codified capabilities. These View Details

30 Jul 2008
Op-Ed

Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI

as a portfolio investor. In the absence of a unique capability that is a source of value-added expertise on some dimension, making money on direct investing is very difficult. In a relatively unfettered market like the United States, the... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai

06 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

New Advanced Browse Feature

We want your feedback on a new way for readers to "drill down" into HBS Working Knowledge articles. Called Advanced Browse, this capability allows you to search for articles that meet multiple criteria simultaneously. Let's say... View Details

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 26 Oct 2016
Webinars: Career

Avoid the Mid-Career Slump

Do you feel stuck in your career? Are you working hard yet not making as much progress as you would like? Are you afraid you are plateauing prematurely or, even worse, heading for burnout? Or maybe you feel you're not performing to your potential? Welcome to the... View Details

01 Mar 2006
News

Karaoke Anyone?

karaoke by launching Limelight Stage + Studios (www.limelightboston.com). Limelight’s proprietary software allows for easy browsing of a digital song library, real-time vocal processing, LED lighting control, video channels using a live video feed, and CD/DVD recording... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

17 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

across businesses through movements of people from one company to another, supplier-customer collaborations, formal and informal technology sharing, and outright imitation of competitors. Although there is much talk these days about the world being "flat," in fact,... View Details

Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano & Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing

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